One fine spring I was leading Waterslip Down, barely visible in Jefe's picture if you know where to look. I grabbed a biner with three TCUs on it and plugged one in. I gave it a tug and it pulled right out.

I wasn't expecting that and the yanking motion made me whip right off. Making matters worse I dropped the TCUs, which landed in the pond and sank to the bottom.

Here is a picture from above lifted from Mountain Project (i'll remove if anyone cares).

Credit: mountain project

I finished the route and then rapped back down. I could see the TCUs- luckily they had a pink sling. I could also see from the melting snow that the water was about 34 degrees. Nevertheless it had to be done. I stripped down nekid and made the free dive for the cams. Burr!!!111.

Waterslip Down, one my favorite routes at the forks for some odd reason.

Overlook, always has had a special place in my climbing heart.
Although the last few trips, I've found the old moderates to not be quite so moderate. Guess it's a lot about what you're used to being on.

Some Overlook stuff:

Chicken Wings - an obscure line, now in the no climbing zone.

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FFA of Agent Orange: Steve Grossman stealing the thunder

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TC (Timmy Coats) in the business of Agent Orange

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TC pulling the final roof
Note the belay...
That grand old Juniper is no longer there !

Some more memory lane tripping
(Credit to Larry Coats, Jim Haisley, Scott Baxter, Paul Davidson for the images. It's not clear who took what. I know some are mine. But most of the older images that look good are due to Larry's tireless editting skills. No faded, dusty images for that lad! The rest of us are too lazy to work that hard.)

I cannot believe how many hours I wasted in this place.

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Imagine our surprise to make an early season trip to the Forks and find our secret area was out... We were willing to share with this crowd.

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Some "name these old tymer-climber" pics
Baxters Banquet circa 1976-77
There are four rather infamous Az Climbers in this image.
Not sure about the up and coming kid...

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Rock master caber tossing...

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The trick is to throw the damn thing far enough to not knock yourself out. And to land on the mattress...

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Jump Back Jack!
The caber master shows the winning form.
(Although I did once see he him launch this thing so far and so hard that he flew past the mattress.)

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The original roast.
Three of the classic Flag scene lads.

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That's Scott's Dad refereeing the ammo box tug of war.
More names in the photo.